Notices to Industry, Publications and Statewide Rules
Publication Date/Notice
7/2009 Certification For Two-Year Inactive Wells Tax Exemption Program Ends August 31, 2009
11/2008 Drilling Permit Application Process Workshop
3/2008 Wildfire Advisory to Operators
1/2008 Oil and Gas Form Changes Effective January 2008
12/2007 Testing of Older Inactive Wells (H-15 Program), CHANGES TO TEST SCHEDULE
08/2007 2007 Legislative Changes
07/2007 Newark, East (Barnett Shale) Field Changes in Railroad Commission Field Oversight
04/2007 SWR 31(c)(1) -Diagonal Exceptions Clarification of Criteria Used in Approving Diagonal Exceptions
03/2007 New Form H-10 Filing Options Coming Soon!
01/2007 RRC Response To Increase in Completion Activity
08/2006 Change in Plat Requirements For Plats Filed With Form W-1 Drilling Permit Applications
12/2005 Financial Assurance Required for Drilling Permits
09/2005 2005 Legislative Changes
08/2005 Revision of Statutory Requirements for Filing Logs
07/2005 Temporary Water Right Authorizations Required from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
01/2005 New Oil and Gas Production Report, Form PR and New Electronic Filing Options!
07/2004 New Streamlined Requirements for Filing Electronically-Security Administrator Designation (SAD) Form
07/2004 Production Reporting Changes Coming in January 2005
06/2004 Expanded Production Query Premiers on Railroad Commission Web Site!
06/2004 New Drilling Application Forms Effective Next Month!
04/2004 Revisions to Drilling Report Forms and Production Forms
02/2004 Change in Expedite Process For W-1 Drilling Permit Applications
06/2003 2003 Legislative Changes
02/2003 Public Meeting Notice - To Receive Comment on Proposed Repeal of 16 TAC§3.8 (Statewide Rule 8, relating to Water Protection, and Proposed New Rules in 16 TAC Chapter 4, Subchapter B, relating to General Waste Management
07/2002 Organization Financial Assurance Bond Forms Revised
05/2002 Revisions to Statewide Rule 58, Form P-4, and Form P-6
01/2002 Revision of Filing Requirements for Form L-1
01/2002 Fee Increase for Statewide Rules 37 and 38 Exceptions - Revision of Forms W-1, W1A, P-12
11/2000 NGPA Federal Section 29 Tax Credits May Be Available To You!
08/2000 Gas Well Testing Requirements Simplified
03/2000 Oil Well Testing Requirements Simplified
02/2000 Digital Map Data Now Available In New Arcinfo Formats
12/99 Change In Fluid Level Testing Requirements For 25-Year Inactive Wellbores
08/99 Alternative to Initial 4-Point AOF Test Available
02/99 Hurry! File Before February 11, 1999 to Qualify for Incremental Production Severance Tax Exemption
01/99 Rule 14 Questions and Answers
11/98 Statewide Rule 14, Plugging, Revised
09/98 More Gas Wells Now Exempt from Semi-Annual Testing
08/98 Environmental Regulatory Cost-Cutting Measures
08/98 Allowable Supplements Discontinued for Gas Wells in Capacity Fields
08/98 New Procedure for Approving Form P-4 for a Change of Operators for Inactive Wells
04/98 Proposed Revisions to Statewide Rule 14, Plugging
03/98 New Field Discoveries and Confidentiality of Electirc Logs
03/98 On-Time Filing Of Monthly Production Reports
7/97 Severance Tax Exemptions and Reductions as Incentives to Increasing Texas Oil and Gas Production
02/94 Filing Deadline Extended for Enhanced Oil Recovery Project Reduced Tax Rate Program